Day: June 19, 2013

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Deployment of blue helmets to Haiti about diplomacy, not peacekeeping: Defence Minister Peter MacKay

 OTTAWA — The Conservative government has no plans to re-embrace peacekeeping despite sending 34 soldiers to serve alongside Brazilian blue helmets in Haiti, Defence…

2013-06-19
Posted in Ag/Farming Govt Incompentece

Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?

By Ruth Alexander BBC News Every 15 seconds a child dies of hunger, says a campaign by charities urging G8 leaders to pledge more aid…

2013-06-19
Posted in Elections

Haiti, United Nations Hold Talks on Planned Legislative Elections

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met Monday with UN Acting Special…

2013-06-19
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

Latifa Nabizada – Afghanistan’s first woman of the skies

Latifa Nabizada often shares her cockpit with her daughter – “She has grown up in a helicopter,” she says Continue reading the main story In…

2013-06-19
Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

Gangs of Cairo? Egyptian minister fights culture war Drought, poor harvest to worsen Haiti food crisis – WFP

A boy from a family made homeless by the 2010 earthquake stands inside one of 385 informal tent cities in the Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince,…

2013-06-19
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

U.S. lawmakers unhappy with UN response to Haiti cholera epidemic

By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- | Last updated: Jun 18, 2013 – 7:28:57 AM UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) – This world body continues to deny any liability…

2013-06-19
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Quebec wants Haiti earthquake victims to stay in Canada

Government moratorium on deportations could be lifted CBC News Posted: Jun 18, 2013 9:36 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 18, 2013 10:04 PM ET The…

2013-06-19
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Canada to send peacekeeping troops to Haiti

Deployment of an infantry platoon was approved in October 2012 The Canadian Press Posted: Jun 18, 2013 7:26 PM ET A Canadian soldier carries supplies…

2013-06-19
Posted in Ag/Farming

Dominican merchants close key border market in protest over Haiti ban of poultry, egg imports

By Associated Press, Published: June 17 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Merchants in the Dominican Republic have shuttered a large border market in protest over neighboring…

2013-06-19